News in brief
Nov 06, 2009
<b>Basajja pleas on tax</b><br>KAMPALA - THE Government should waive taxes on university lecturers’ salaries and medical doctors, as a means of retaining experienced and qualified personnel in those fields.
Basajja pleas on tax
KAMPALA - THE Government should waive taxes on university lecturers’ salaries and medical doctors, as a means of retaining experienced and qualified personnel in those fields. The chairman board of trustees Kampala International University, Hassan Basajjabalaba, made the request during the university’s sixth graduation ceremony on Thursday. A total of 3,398 students were awarded diplomas and degrees. President Yoweri Museveni, in a speech read by the Second Deputy Premier, Henry Kajura, challenged universities to produce graduates who are relevant to the country’s needs.
Cheeye case date set
KAMPALA - THE Court of Appeal will hear Teddy Sseezi Cheeye’s appeal challenging 10 years imprisonment for embezzlement of sh120m from the Global Fund, as harsh on November 17. Cheeye is asking the court to quash the conviction. He adds that should court uphold the conviction, it should reduce the sentence. On April 8, 2009, Justice John Bosco Katutsi of the High Court found Cheeye guilty of misappropriating the funds allegedly received through his NGO, Uganda Centre for Accountability.
German NGO to build school lab
KASESE - A German charity organisation, Rwenzori e. V, is set to carry development activities in the district. According to a representative of the organisation, Ferdinand Schimack, the association is sending volunteers to Kasese to facilitate the on-going rural development projects in the district. Schimack, who made the remarks on Thursday, said the major areas of their concern include educational support and re-afforestating some areas which have been left bare due to environmental degradation. He said the association was already supporting Holy Dove Vocational Secondary School in Kinyamaseke trading centre, where they are constructing a laboratory.
“After completing the laboratory, we shall put up a library and equip it with books, followed by a kitchen, dining hall and finally a computer lab,†Schimack said.
UPDF to fight fire with fire
KARAMOJA - The army will not hesitate to shoot at any warrior who attempts to shoot at them. The UPDF third division spokesperson, Capt. Henry Obbo, said this last Friday at his office in Moroto. “The army will not sit down when warriors begin frustrating its efforts to pacify the sub-region through disarmament,†he said. The statement follows various incidents in Karamoja where warriors attempted to shoot at the soldiers while on foot patrols. Citing a recent case in Kotido district, Obbo said two Dodoth warriors who tried to shoot at soldiers were killed and another two were captured alive.
KAMPALA - THE Government should waive taxes on university lecturers’ salaries and medical doctors, as a means of retaining experienced and qualified personnel in those fields. The chairman board of trustees Kampala International University, Hassan Basajjabalaba, made the request during the university’s sixth graduation ceremony on Thursday. A total of 3,398 students were awarded diplomas and degrees. President Yoweri Museveni, in a speech read by the Second Deputy Premier, Henry Kajura, challenged universities to produce graduates who are relevant to the country’s needs.
Cheeye case date set
KAMPALA - THE Court of Appeal will hear Teddy Sseezi Cheeye’s appeal challenging 10 years imprisonment for embezzlement of sh120m from the Global Fund, as harsh on November 17. Cheeye is asking the court to quash the conviction. He adds that should court uphold the conviction, it should reduce the sentence. On April 8, 2009, Justice John Bosco Katutsi of the High Court found Cheeye guilty of misappropriating the funds allegedly received through his NGO, Uganda Centre for Accountability.
German NGO to build school lab
KASESE - A German charity organisation, Rwenzori e. V, is set to carry development activities in the district. According to a representative of the organisation, Ferdinand Schimack, the association is sending volunteers to Kasese to facilitate the on-going rural development projects in the district. Schimack, who made the remarks on Thursday, said the major areas of their concern include educational support and re-afforestating some areas which have been left bare due to environmental degradation. He said the association was already supporting Holy Dove Vocational Secondary School in Kinyamaseke trading centre, where they are constructing a laboratory.
“After completing the laboratory, we shall put up a library and equip it with books, followed by a kitchen, dining hall and finally a computer lab,†Schimack said.
UPDF to fight fire with fire
KARAMOJA - The army will not hesitate to shoot at any warrior who attempts to shoot at them. The UPDF third division spokesperson, Capt. Henry Obbo, said this last Friday at his office in Moroto. “The army will not sit down when warriors begin frustrating its efforts to pacify the sub-region through disarmament,†he said. The statement follows various incidents in Karamoja where warriors attempted to shoot at the soldiers while on foot patrols. Citing a recent case in Kotido district, Obbo said two Dodoth warriors who tried to shoot at soldiers were killed and another two were captured alive.